CHAPTER 143.

State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions.

ARTICLE 31.
Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.

Section

§143-295.Settlement of claims.

(a) Any claims except claims of minors pending or hereafter filed against the various
departments, institutions and agencies of the State may be settled upon agreement between
the claimant and the Attorney General for an amount not in excess of twenty- five thousand
dollars ($25,000), without the approval of the Industrial Commission. The Attorney General
may also make settlements by agreement for claims in excess of twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) and claims of infants or persons non sui juris, provided such
claims have been subject to review and approval by the Industrial Commission.

(b) In settlements under twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), agreed upon between
the Attorney General and the claimant, the filing of an affidavit as set forth in G.S. 143-297 shall
not be required.

(c) Transfer of title of a motor vehicle acquired in behalf of the State in settlement
of claim pursuant to the provisions of this Article may be transferred by the Attorney
General in the same manner as provided for such transfer by an insurance company under the
provisions of G.S. 20-75. (1951, c. 1059, s. 5; 1971, c. 1103, s.1; 1973, c. 699; 1975, c.
756; 1979, c. 877; 1981, c. 166; 1985, c. 693; 1989, c. 228, ss. 1, 2.)